barbeau commun
\baʁ.bo kɔ.mœ̃\
The verdict
“barbeau commun” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Espèce de grand poisson osseux d’eau douce d’Europe, de la famille des carpes, au corps allongé, pourvu de quatre barbillons.
Corpus desk
Index FR-barbeau-commun · barbeau commun · French
barbeau commun · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | barbeau commun |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \baʁ.bo kɔ.mœ̃\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “barbeau commun” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
barbeau commun is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \baʁ.bo kɔ.mœ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Espèce de grand poisson osseux d’eau douce d’Europe, de la famille des carpes, au corps allongé, pourvu de quatre barbillons.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for barbeau commun, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is barbeau commun, spelled B-A-R-B-E-A-U- -C-O-M-M-U-N.
Definition
- 1Espèce de grand poisson osseux d’eau douce d’Europe, de la famille des carpes, au corps allongé, pourvu de quatre barbillons.
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